369 WAYITWAS-2007-719 eng Goerke-Shrode, Sabine Population takes off with a new air base 2007-07-16 Well into the 20th century, Vacaville, Fairfield, and Suisun remained small communities with slow-growing populations. By 1940, Fairfield had 1,312 residents. That growth pattern changed suddenly when construction of the Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield began in 1942. Hundreds of workers flooded into the community to construct the new base - and every one of them needed a place to stay. vacahc@gmail.com 719 00099802378 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/719/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/719/719.1.pdf PDF Document